The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-efficacy scores and intensity of depressiveness in people aged over 60 years providing kinship foster care [PDF]
BMC Geriatrics, 2023 Background The objective of this study has been to investigate whether the COVID-19 pandemic has had impact on self-efficacy scores and intensity of depressive severity in people aged over 60 who provide kinship foster care to their grandchildren ...
Marta Giezek +3 more
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Assessment in Kinship Foster Care: A New Tool to Evaluate the Strengths and Weaknesses [PDF]
Social Sciences, 2014 Placement in kinship family has existed informally throughout time. There are many countries in which kinship family care is the most common measure used for child protection. However, it is a subject of continuous debate. One of the major issues is that
Nuria Fuentes-Peláez +4 more
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Prevalence of Out-Of-Home Care Among School-Aged Children in Canada, 2002–2018: An Analysis of Nationally-Representative Student Survey Data [PDF]
International Journal of Public HealthObjectivesThe objectives were to estimate the prevalence of out-of-home care among school-aged children in Canada by year, gender, age group, and placement type and assess time trends.MethodsWe analyzed data from five cycles of the Health Behaviour in ...
Prateek Sharma +4 more
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Kinship foster care: psychosocial profile of families and foster children
Revista Sobre la Infancia y la Adolescencia, 2021 Extended family foster care family is the most frequent protective measure for minors in Spain. The objectives of the present study are to analyze the family profile according to different dimensions, knowing the state of psychosocial health care of ...
Elena Martínez Miguel +2 more
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A License to Abuse? The Need for National Policy Reform of Kinship Care Licensing Procedures [PDF]
Columbia Social Work Review, 2012 The last 20 to 30 years have seen a significant rise in the use of kinship care as a formal out-of-home placement option for abused or neglected children in the government’s custody.
Amanda Prater
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Dominant personal values and stress-coping strategies in relation to health and social conditions of kinship foster carers aged 60+ providing care for their biological grandchildren [PDF]
BMC GeriatricsBackground The subject of personal values prompts deep reflection in the context of foster care provided by kinship carers, in particular grandparents, towards their biological grandchildren.
Marta Giezek +3 more
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Data on children reentering foster care from kinship guardianship
Data in Brief, 2018 This article describes a dataset containing information on children exiting to kinship guardianship in California between 2003 and 2010 (N = 18,831). Children and young people in the sample were followed for up to fourteen years.
Arno Parolini +5 more
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Caregivers on point: a randomized treatment–control prevention trial for foster and kinship caregivers to reduce behavior challenges among children in foster care [PDF]
TrialsBackground Children in foster care who are newly placed with licensed or kinship caregivers are often vulnerable to increased behavior problems associated with trauma and social disruptions.
Sarah J. Beal +8 more
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Societies, 2023 (1) Background: This study explored changes before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of developmental outcomes among kinship foster care children in the Republic of Korea: and gender differences in the changes; (2) Methods: The study analyzed the
Hyunah Kang, Ick-Joong Chung, Sehyeon Oh
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Current trends, figures and challenges in out of home child care: An internationalcomparative analysis [PDF]
Psychosocial Intervention, 2014 This article closes the special issue of this journal about an international review of out-of-home child care, principally family foster care and residential care, tough several aspects related to adoption were included as well.
Jorge F. del Valle, Amaia Bravo
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